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Despite MicroStrategy (MSTR.O) announcing an increase in Bitcoin holdings and planning to hold a special shareholders' meeting to vote on proposals for further purchases of the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin still struggles to regain significant upward momentum. The software company stated on Monday that it had purchased about $561 million worth of Bitcoin by issuing new shares to raise funds when it joined the Nasdaq 100 index last week. The company plans to hold a shareholder meeting seeking approval for issuing new shares to buy more Bitcoins. However, data shows that Bitcoin rose by 0.2% to $93,998, far below its historical high of $108,379 reached on December 17th. Forex Analytix, a market analysis platform said in a report that this could be short-term profit-taking or even potentially "the beginning of a sharp decline."

1. The X account of aiPool's founder has been frozen; 2. Russia bans cryptocurrency mining in 10 regions for six years; 3. Bloomberg: Singapore to issue 13 cryptocurrency licenses in 2024; 4. The Bank of Italy classifies Bitcoin P2P services as "crime-as-a-service"; 5. Less than 1.2 million Bitcoins left to mine, with circulation surpassing 19.8 million; 6. Skely raised approximately $4.72 million in one hour through a token presale in aiPool using the Eliza framework; 7. A whale that received an airdrop of 116.7 million PENGU spent 5,250 SOL to purchase an additional 34.42 million PENGU.